Spankers and Non spankers

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Spankers, Non spankers, children

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Despite the fact that the study revealed that mothers were more likely to spank their children if they received intense messages on spanking, received less intense messages that opposed spanking, if their children were younger, and in case they came from poor socioeconomic backgrounds, there were various issues that the study failed to address. Firstly, the study was based on cross-sectional data. This means that it is not possible to come up with a causal direction (Walsh, 2000). Therefore, it is not appropriate to say that messages related to spanking are the ones that encourage spanking. This is because spanking may also attract the attention that is attributed to various spanking messages. In order to determine whether messages related to spanking should be attributed to influencing parents or caretakers to spank their children whenever they engage in any form of wrong doing, the appropriate study would be to survey parents or caretakers and interview them on the frequency with which they receive messages related to spanking, and whether they consider the messages that they receive while disciplining their children.

In this case, once the frequency of spanking is identified based on the messages that parents and caretakers receive, it would be possible to determine if the messages attributed to spanking play an essential role in influencing the spanking mechanisms. Secondly, the data was gathered from mothers only despite the fact that there are other caretakers who play the role of disciplining children.

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[...] Because of their age, they would not be able to undertake spanking like the way the parents of the children do it. They might not even consider spanking at all as this would demand a lot of strain from them. Since the time for recall with respect to how often parents spank their children was more than six months, the mothers could have forgotten the frequency with which they spanked their children. As a result, the time for recall should be reduced significantly so that parents could be able to provide appropriate details based on how often they spank their children. [...]

[...] On the other hand, there are those who may be brought up in societies that disagree with spanking. In this case, there should be a set of questions that are directed to people based on their culture, and the perception that they have towards spanking. Therefore, by gathering information related to spanking from respondents who come from diverse ethnic or cultural backgrounds, then one would be able to come up with a generalized view related to spanking, and whether it is appropriate. [...]

[...] Firstly, the study was based on cross-sectional data. This means that it is not possible to come up with a causal direction (Walsh, 2000). Therefore, it is not appropriate to say that messages related to spanking are the ones that encourage spanking. This is because spanking may also attract the attention that is attributed to various spanking messages. In order to determine whether messages related to spanking should be attributed to influencing parents or caretakers to spank their children whenever they engage in any form of wrong doing, the appropriate study would be to survey parents or caretakers and interview them on the frequency with which they receive messages related to spanking, and whether they consider the messages that they receive while disciplining their children. [...]

[...] To undertake this study, it is appropriate to undertake the study from people who come from different social and economic backgrounds by asking them questions related to their salary range, and compare the feedback with the frequency of spanking among the different socio-economic groups. Reference Walsh, W. (2002). Spankers and Nonspankers: Where They Get Information on Spanking. Family Relations, 81-88. [...]

[...] This made it difficult to generalize the findings from the study. Therefore, in order to ensure that this issue is addressed, the study should have considered people from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This would have produced more general figures since they would have deferring perceptions towards spanking. Different cultures have different perceptions towards spanking. For instance, there are those parents who may be brought up in cultural backgrounds whereby spanking is treated as an acceptable way to discipline a child. [...]

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